As an amateur kickboxer, he won a gold medal at the W. O European championships in and Huck decided to switch to boxing, having participated in the sport since he was Before challenging for his first world title, Huck gained a record of 19 wins with no losses.

After eleven hard fought and exhausting rounds, the twelfth begun; Cunningham was landing hard shots as Huck kept moving forward. Following a rough clinch between the two, Cunningham landed a vicious straight right counter, the fighters clinched and Huck fell.

Once he was back on his feet, Huck walked back against the ropes signalling that the shot had hurt him and Cunningham went straight in for the attack.

On fight night, Huck went the 12 round distance and claimed the WBO title on unanimous decision. The judges score it —, —, and — in favour of Huck.

Huck went on to make 8 successful defenses of the title from December up until October Notable opponents he defeated included unanimous decisions over Ran Nakash and Ola Afolabi , the latter who he went on to fight a further three times, TKO wins over Matt Godfrey and Brian Minto and a split decision win over future unified world champion Denis Lebedev.

It was noted that Huck would not vacate his WBO title, until after the fight, where he would assess the situation.

Huck would defend the WBA title against Rahman next. Russian trainer Alexander Zimin stepped in on short notice. Povetkin won the fight via majority decision.

The fight proved to be a tough test for Povetkin. One judge scored the fight a — draw, wioth the remaining two judges scoring the fight — and — in favour of Povetkin.

Chisora and Dimitrenko , who were sat ringside, scored the fight a draw. Arthur Abraham and Tomasz Adamek scored the fight clearly for Huck.

In round 4, Huck began to let his hands go and found his range, even rocking Povetkin. Huck controlled the championship rounds as Povetkin began to show signs of fatigue.

Huck came close to dropping Povetkin in the final round. The verdict was met with boos around the arena. After failing to capture a heavyweight title, Huck returned to the cruiserweight division.

Huck made a ninth successful defence on 5 May at the Messehalle in Erfurt , Germany against Ola Afolabi , 9 KOs , a rematch to their first match which took place in Many fans and pundits ringside felt as though Arslan had done enough to win.

Afolabi had not fought in 13 months, last fighting in the majority draw with Huck in May The fight went the full 12 round distance with Huck claiming the majority decision thus successfully retaining the title an 11th time.

The judges score the fight —, —, and — Huck gathered an early lead in the fight winning at least 5 of the first 7 rounds, before Afolabi started getting into the fight.

Huck scored his 26th stoppage victory after he stopped Arslan in round 6. Arslan started off the fight defensively, however after a couple of rounds, Huck found his way through with power shots.

Huck dropped Arslan twice in the bout. Huck matched the record for most consecutive world title defenses at cruiserweight, held by Johnny Nelson , when he successfully retained the WBO cruiserweight title against Mirko Larghetti on 30 August , his thirteenth successful consecutive title defense.

Huck lost his WBO cruiserweight title and failed to break the record. In the Post fight interview, Afolabi stated that he would have continued to fight, but he thanked the officials for protecting him as he was unable to do so.

It was said that McKenzie had been given medical advice from health professionals. Kucher, ranked number 6 by the WBC, was regarded a dangerous first defence, having only lost to world cruiserweight challenger Illunga Makabu.

Kucher was coming off an impressive first round knockout off former WBO champion Enzo Maccrinelli in June, also sending him into retirement.

Kucher claimed the EBU title by defeating Maccrinelli. Huck was pressured throughout the whole 12 rounds with Kucher adopting a southpaw stance and giving Huck problems.

Huck hurt Kucher in the 8th round after landing a hard right hand and then attempted to finish him off, but could only throw him on the canvas.

After 12 rounds, the judges scored the fight —, —, and — Due to Tony Bellew fighting David Haye instead of taking on mandatory challenger Mairis Briedis , 18 KOs , the WBC ordered a match for the interim WBC cruiserweight title between Huck and Briedis, where the winner would earn a fight with Bellew for the full WBC title or possibly elevated to full championship status if Bellew decides to vacate and stay at heavyweight.

The first couple of rounds seemed close as there was not much action, from the third round, Briedis installed the jab and controlled the pace of the fight en route to becoming the first Latvian to win a world title.

The three judges scorecards read —, —, and — in favour or Briedis. On 27 June Huck announced that he would be participating in the World Boxing Super Series 8-man tournament which would start in September In the great history of the sport there has never been a tournament like this.

Eight world-class fighters will enter the competition but just one man can prevail. I cannot wait to show the world that I am best of all those strong champions.

At the Draft Gala, Oleksandr Usyk , 10 KOs , who was first-seeded, meaning he had the first pick of the tournament, choose to fight Huck in the quarter finals.

When Usyk was asked why he chose Huck, he replied that it was because of his fans. Huck, also excited about the fight, said, "This was my wish opponent.

This would mark the second time Usyk would fight in Germany in his professional career, having fought their on his third professional bout in April It would also mark the first fight of the tournament.

On 6 September, at the final presser, Huck pushed Usyk in the face-off. I chose to enter this tournament because it is a path to achieve my dream of unifying all the belts.

We were born on the same day and I admire Ali because he is the biggest role model in boxing and I will thank God if I win a trophy with his name on it.

On fight night, Usyk used his footwork and combination punching to cruise to a TKO win. On top of his dominant performance, Usyk taunted Huck throughout the fight.

Usyk continued to land combinations with little to no response from Huck until referee Robert Byrd stopped the fight in the tenth round.

With the win, Usyk progressed to the semi-final stage of the Super Series and is slated to face the winner of the Mairis Briedis - Mike Perez fight.

Huck has now suffered back to back defeats for the first time in his career. On 12 October , Huck told German tabloid BILD , that he would not be retiring from the sport, but rather continue his career in campaigning once again at heavyweight.

Huck made the decision after suffering his second stoppage loss in his last five fights. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marco Huck Huck in Runde 8 und K.

On fight night, Usyk used his footwork and combination punching to cruise to a TKO win. On top of his dominant performance, Usyk taunted Huck throughout the fight.

Usyk continued to land combinations with little to no response from Huck until referee Robert Byrd stopped the fight in the tenth round.

With the win, Usyk progressed to the semi-final stage of the Super Series and is slated to face the winner of the Mairis Briedis - Mike Perez fight.

Huck has now suffered back to back defeats for the first time in his career. On 12 October , Huck told German tabloid BILD , that he would not be retiring from the sport, but rather continue his career in campaigning once again at heavyweight.

Huck made the decision after suffering his second stoppage loss in his last five fights. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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